I need a bit of help please. i have purcahsed a new mobile phone and need to get a memory card for it for pictures and games etc. It takes a mini SD card. I have seen heaps of different brands and they are all about the same price. Is there a special brand I should get? Is there any that are better?

Haven't heard anything bad about Transcend, but I've never used them myself.

As for flashcards.co.nz, I would compare their prices (including shipping) against Ascent. Ascent have free shipping no matter what the value of the purchase, flashcards.co.nz only has free shipping on orders over $100. Ascent also have excellent customer support.

redjet: Haven't heard anything bad about Transcend, but I've never used them myself.

As for flashcards.co.nz, I would compare their prices (including shipping) against Ascent. Ascent have free shipping no matter what the value of the purchase, flashcards.co.nz only has free shipping on orders over $100. Ascent also have excellent customer support.

Well that cover almost all minisd cards. A 512Mb kingston on flashcards is $20 as opposed to the $32 you quoted above. Much cheaper than Ascent accross the board

I pick my xD cards up locally (Christchurch) from www.tastech.co.nz . Prices there are pretty good, doesn't look like they're cheapest for mini-SD though there is something listed called A-Data "Speedy" Mini SD which is $25 for 1GB. No idea if that's any good or not.

bradstewart: Well that cover almost all minisd cards. A 512Mb kingston on flashcards is $20 as opposed to the $32 you quoted above. Much cheaper than Ascent accross the board

Yes but I was quoting the price of a Sandisk 512mb card not a Kingston one! To say that Flashcards is much cheaper than Ascent across the board is a gross generalisation. My advice to the original poster was to simply compare prices while taking into account any additional shipping fees.